I often I get asked by people why I don’t want to teach any more. This song pretty much covers a lot of the reasons.
(WordPress or Firefox isn’t letting me post it here for some reason)
Entries from February 2009
February 27, 2009
Why
February 25, 2009
A cheap date
Alder and I went downtown for most of the day today. He spent most of his time charming people in the various stores we stopped in. We weren’t out shopping but each shop we went into had so much to do.
First we went to Knit or Dye to Knit for a while, well I knited [...]
February 24, 2009
the Art of Coco; $100 week day 2
When I was 7 my parents went to Holland for a week for a conference. It was an odd time in my life, my mother had just had her first “illness” that was to tell of things to come, but they had gone anyway. It was I think she was giving a paper or she [...]
February 23, 2009
A Day of Food; Citrus Beef
Yesterday it snowed and there was a general laziness around these parts. There was still lots of cooking and even some knitting.
For lunch we had Dirty Pasta, using up all the barely filled pasta boxes, a half an onion and a jar of anchovies. A salty treat that’s so easy to devour.
For dinner we had [...]
February 21, 2009
The $70 (I mean $100) Food Week Day 1
It’s deep into the ugg season and we’re all getting stir crazy here, which means there is a lot of random trips and too many meals out for lunch. So for the next week we are going to try to spend only $70 dollars 100$ on food. Alder and I are going to go to [...]
February 20, 2009
milestones made for mamas
Alder came with me to work yesterday, he did really well. Near the end of the day I was holding him in my arms and he put his arms around my neck and said “Mama I love you.” What more can I say?
February 18, 2009
the bench
See that bench above? I like it. I wouldn’t want it in my house necessarily but I like the idea that it exists, that someday someone might put their cheek against the warm concrete and rest. Wouldn’t it be great to have the sort of yard that called for making that sort of bench? A girl can [...]
February 17, 2009
Arizona 3, structures and water
The area where we were in Arizona lent it self to architecture. Some people over the centuries have seen the desert as inviting. They look past the heat and the dryness and see an alive system where they can thrive. I see beauty, I a place where a small community calls home, but I do [...]
